Legal Opinion
United States v. Henry Albert Smith, United States of America v. Roderick Ashley Smith
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1977No. 77-2000 and 77-2052PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID W. WILLIAMS, District Judge.
Appellants were convicted of robbing an Oakland California Post Office on December 15, 1976. 18 U.S.C. § 2114. Roderick Smith complains that there was insufficient evidence to justify his conviction, and that an expert in the field of psychology should have been permitted to testify as to certain scientific principles of perception and memory, as they pertain to eyewitness identification. Henry Smith joins in urging these two issues, and in addition, contends that his trial should have been severed from his co-defendant.
On the date of the offense, a robber…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- United States v. Bernard Richard LeviCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Stuart Joseph Berlin, United States of America v. Frank Joseph DesapioCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Edward Wayne BeverleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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